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Ruby vs PHP in 2025: Why This Debate Misses the Point Entirely
One language optimizes for developer joy, the other for getting hired. Both choices have consequences.
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Software engineering
Production lessons on architecture, debugging, maintainability, deployment workflows, and the tradeoffs that separate toy systems from durable ones.
This is the broadest bucket on the site, but it all comes back to one question: what still makes sense when the code has users, constraints, and consequences?
Start with these articles:
- Server-Sent Events: When WebSockets Are Overkill (And When They’re Not)
- Git Branching Strategies: Most Teams Pick Wrong (Here’s How to Choose)
- The Custom Framework You’re Building Will Break Your Team
- Stop Explaining JOINs with Venn Diagrams—Here’s What Actually Breaks
- Your Global Scope Is a Disaster (And It’s Breaking Production)
If your problems are mostly about systems getting harder to reason about, this is the lane to stay in.
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The Web Development Skills That Actually Matter in 2025 (Most Lists Get This Wrong)
What separates developers who ship from those who chase tutorials
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Google Gemini and the Decline of Blog Traffic: How Bloggers Can Adapt
The Challenges of Google Gemini and Keeping Your Blog Relevant
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Your Native App is Dead: Long Live the PWA in 2025
Exploring the Shift from Native Apps to Progressive Web Apps in the Modern Era
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Mind the Gap: Mastering Tiered Pricing Systems for SaaS Success
Creating SaaS Pricing Models That Drive Growth and Customer Satisfaction
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How to Use ChatGPT and PlantUML to Simplify UML Diagram Creation
Leveraging AI and PlantUML to Simplify and Enhance Diagramming for Developers
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